Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] through [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to have been the extent of the later celebrations , for in 1862 the Mercury reported that no plough was drawn through the streets as was common in the festival . |
| 2 | When this latter batch was modernised in 1936 , a centre gangway was cut through the benches to make life easier for the conductor . |
| 3 | A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him . |
| 4 | If he was insatiable he made her so too , and light was filtering through the shutters before , utterly exhausted , she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 5 | When she awoke , the light was seeping through the curtains . |
| 6 | Daylight was filtering through the shutters when Luce awoke to instant and complete remembrance . |
| 7 | Holmewood 's ‘ whistling ’ bridge ( it made noises if the wind was blowing through the rafters from the right direction ) has just been passed by K3 No. 60896 as it heads a southbound coal train up the 1 in 100 in about 1961 . |
| 8 | The wind was gusting through the branches of the old oak tree outside and hurling itself against his window . |
| 9 | It was of a harbour on a rough and windy day , which some small sailing ships were trying to enter with , it appeared to Ellie , no little difficulty , while behind them a steamer was cutting through the seas at great speed . |
| 10 | I was glad to see that the weather was presenting its sunnier face today , although a breeze was scurrying through the tops of the trees . |
| 11 | Water was seeping through the walls and the wiring was in urgent need of replacement . |
| 12 | Black smoke was coming through the walls of his bedroom above his art gallery on the High Street of Broadway in Worcestershire . |
| 13 | The teenager was walking through the grounds of Hospital yesterday evening , when a man pulled her to the ground and threatened her . |
| 14 | The Dangerous Dogs Bill was rushed through the Lords and is expected to become law before the summer recess . |
| 15 | A message of support from Thatcher for the Conservative candidate was delivered through the voters ' letter-boxes and several leading Tories , including Party Chairman Kenneth Baker , visited the constituency to support the election campaign . |
| 16 | In a matter of minutes , the flaming liquid was flowing through the corridors of the fort . |
| 17 | Rella was going through the bins . |
| 18 | Bullbaiting was a cruel exhibition wherein the tortured and eventually demented animal was chased through the streets by specially trained dogs and gleefully cheering citizens . |
| 19 | ‘ Sanitation parades ’ forced the message home , in which giant models of the house fly were paraded through the streets dragging empty prams , symbolising the fly 's lethal effect on babies . |
| 20 | A man with a gun under his arm was coming through the ferns . |
| 21 | The Dalek 's power was conducted through the floors so you instantly dismissed any idea of the city being built from house bricks . |
| 22 | Every single member of the congregation was haring through the bushes of Wimbledon Common in search of flying saucers . |
| 23 | The second task was to follow through the police response to this demand , noting what was committed to paper , which officers dealt with incidents , the goals they were seeking to achieve , and what actually happened . |